Written answers
Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Local Authority Funding
Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to local government by funding from the Local Government Fund, commercial rates and other sources of funding in both gross and percentage terms. [8652/19]
John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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In 2017, the most recent year for which audited accounts are available, sources of revenue (current) funding to local authorities were as follows:
Table of Revenue Income 2017
| Revenue account | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Income | €4.515bn |
| Revenue Income sources € | 2017 |
| Goods & Services | €1.290bn |
| Commercial rates | €1.476bn |
| Income from Grants and subsidies | €1.251bn |
| Contributions from other authorities | €105m |
| LPT | €393m |
| Total | €4.515bn |
| Revenue Income sources % | 2017 |
| Goods & Services | 28% |
| Commercial rates | 33% |
| Income from Grants and Subsidies | 28% |
| Contributions from other authorities | 2% |
| Local Property Tax allocations (via the Local Government Fund)* | 9% |
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